Issuing Delhi police’s term to Bengali language as a ‘Bangladeshi language’, the main opposition CPI(M) and its front organizations strengthen their protest across the state and on Wednesday, the student and youth organizations of CPI(M) hit the streets of Agartala criticising the ruling BJP and RSS.

The ruling BJP's ally Tipra Motha has also criticized the Delhi Police for referring to Bengali as a "Bangladeshi language".

While, Chief Minister Dr Manik Saha on Wednesday speaking with media persons said that “ always Bengali and Bengali language will stand as it stands in decades, nothing will happen whatever anybody says anything, but a section of people are trying to catch fish in dark water.”

“The issue must probably be over understanding of language, who does not know the term of the language and I think unnecessary we should not comment on that issue,” said Dr Saha.

It may be recalled here that Leader of Opposition (LoP) Jitendra Chaudhury, who is also the Tripura CPI (M) Secretary, said that Bengali language (also known as Bangla language) is one of the 22 Indian languages listed in the Eighth Schedule of the Indian Constitution.

"In Northeast India, there are many languages with more than 200 dialects. One should not be identified with his language. Due respect must be given to all people irrespective of his mother tongue and culture," said Chaudhury.

He added that the way Delhi Police presented the matter is most unfortunate and there is no language in the world as "Bangladeshi language".

Chaudhury, also a CPI (M) Politburo member, told the media that Bengali is the second most spoken language in India after Hindi. The Left leader alleges that hate activities against Bengali language and speakers in BJP-ruled states are often reported. "The national anthem of India was written in Bengali, and now the language is being insulted," he claimed.

The outcry on Wednesday again intensified as four Left students and Youth organizations, SFI, TSU and DYFI and TYF activists organized a large protest rally, which passed various thoroughfares of Agartala raising slogans against BJP and RSS.

After the protest rally, leaders of these four organizations speaking with the media said that it is most unexpected to refer to the Bengali language as a 'Bangladeshi language' by the Delhi Police.

"Today it is Bengali, tomorrow it can be any other language. There is no such thing called Bangladeshi language. People of Bangladesh also spoke in Bengali language. The Bengali language also has different dialects," said leaders.

They also said that “We should not forget that our national anthem 'Jana Gana Mana' was originally composed in Bengali by Rabindranath Tagore. In our Northeast region there are many languages with more than 200 dialects. People should be respectful of each other's languages."

They also say that people of the country will not tolerate the division politics of BJP and RSS and people of the country will give them a befitting reply in coming days.

Apart from Tripura, protest continues in other parts of the country including in West Bengal after a letter from a Delhi Police Inspector at the Lodhi Colony police station seeking a translator for the "Bangladeshi language" in connection with a matter at Banga Bhawan (the guest house of the West Bengal government in national capital) went viral on social media.

The use of the term "Bangladeshi language" to refer to Bangla sparked strong protests and criticism in West Bengal, Tripura, Assam and other states.

BJP's ally Tipra Motha also criticized the Delhi Police for terming Bengali language as "Bangladeshi language".

Earlier, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and Trinamool Congress (TMC) National General Secretary Abhishek Banerjee lashed out at the Delhi Police, saying that referring to Bengali language as "Bangladeshi language" was "insulting, anti-national and unconstitutional".